Show us your SLR ..... WHAT?

retro said:
What camera won't?
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The Rolleiflex SLR cameras are notorious for breaking down. Basically, you can count in it to occur. Spare parts are getting hard to find. I have five SL35 cameras; three of them are for spare parts. The other two have been repaired.
 
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Ihagee Kine Exacta (1948)..

Pardon the crummy photo, working on getting some better lights
 
Sold all my Nikon DSLR gear last month, including all lenses. Only a Blacked-out Chinon Memotron CE-II remained, with a Super Reflecta 55mm f1.4 lens, an Auto Chinon 28mm f2.8 wide and a Typonar 135mm f3.5 tele.

This is meant to be used when it all gets too rough for the Leicas, when I'm out camping with the scouts.

The Memotron CE-II is built like a brick, it has AE priority, exposure compensation, double exposure, AE-lock and open-aperture metering with ALL M42 auto-lenses, regardless of brand. Best SLR of the seventies, can be had nowadays for under USD 50 in very nice condition. Lenses set me back ten bucks a piece.

I will put a new leather skirt on the old girl shortly, this one has shrunk over time. Thick black Leica quality paint and nice brassing, I love it.
 
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mynikonf2 said:
Here's a shot of the entire stable. This represents years of memories, each camera has it's own unique story to be told. Below the top 2 shelves is the Nikkor glass for the F's and F2's, all non-AI and some in their original boxes.
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nice collection indeed. I recently acquired F, F2A and F3hp. Very different animals. I never thought the f2a would be this HEAVY. The design is very interesting. I love the DW-1 with the F. I am going to try out street shooting with the setup soon.
 
I have had a bad experience with a 2000F. It looked like new, but it would not work. So it was sent to Germany for repair. It took them 6 months to find a new board for the camera [cost: $350]. The "special low" price was in return for no warranty given. The board failed again six months later. Now I have a pretty paper weight 2000F to look at once in a while. I have the 35/1.4, 50/1.4, 85/1.4.

Amedeo can convert the 50/1.4 to M mount for $75.
 
Guys
from what I see most of you should work for the marketing division of some brand.. I find some pictures really much more appealing than those often showed over the brochures.
 
Wow! Wonderful pictures of some amazing cams.

Well, here are some combos of my humble collection:

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Canon EOS 40D & Zeiss Planar 1.4/85 ZE (not my lens, though)

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Canon EOS 40D & Zeiss Distagon 3.5/18 ZF (also not my lens...)

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Nikon EM & Zeiss Distagon 2.8/25 ZF (again not my lens...)

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Canon EOS 40D & Nikkor-S.C 1.2/55 (this is my lens! 😉)

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Canon EOS 40D & Meyer Primoplan 1.9/58

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Canon EOS 50e & Leica Summicron-R 2.0/50

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Asahi Spotmatic & Volna-3 MC 2.8/80

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Canon EF/M & Asahi Super-Takumar 1.4/50

OK, I stop here. Otherwise it will become boring to you guys...
 
Hello Kent! The pix are NOT boring--please keep them coming!
The Spotmatic brings back some good memories. That was my first "real" camera--I bought it used in 1968. Still have lots of slides I took with that camera and its 50/1.4 Super Takumar---a great combo!

Thanks again and post some more!!

Paul
 
Paulbe said:
Hello Kent! The pix are NOT boring--please keep them coming!
The Spotmatic brings back some good memories. That was my first "real" camera--I bought it used in 1968. Still have lots of slides I took with that camera and its 50/1.4 Super Takumar---a great combo!

Thanks again and post some more!!

Paul
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OK, sure. If anybody complains, I blame it on you, Paul. 😉 😀

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My main combo ATM: EOS 40D & Sigma 18-125 OS, ever so versatile!

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My first choice for available light DSLR-shooting: EOS 40D & Sigma EX 1.8/24 ... don't believe those crappy test results, this is a fantastic lens! Perfect for a crop DSLR!

Two old set-ups:
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Fuji S2 Pro with Tamron MF 28-200 (left) and Tamron AF 28-300 (right), both lenses are sold. The Fuji now is used by my dad, it's his first DSLR and he loves it!

Asahi Spotmatic w/ Takumar 2.8/105 (left)...
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... and a Praktica Super TL w/ Soligor 3.5/35 (sold).

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EOS 40D with a really fast Vivitar 2.0/24. I have sold the lens some time ago.

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Fuji S1 Pro with Sigma 2.8/50 Macro. This cam has been sold and the lens now lives on my dad's Fuji S2 Pro - what a fantastic lens!

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Canon EOS 650 w/ Tamron SP 60-300.
The cam is broken, suffers from the typical "tared shutter" effect of the 6xx series, but lens still lives on (might be replaced by an EF 75-300 IS soon...)

And a very "special" one:
Canon EF/M with a ...
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Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 1.7/50.
This is one of the Rokkors that cannot really be changed to EOS-mount, so I disassembled the aperture ring and blu-tacked the lens to a sandpapered EOS-adapter. It works, but you have to set the aperture before mounting the lens. 😉
 
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